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P.I.

Private Investigator in London

P.I. stands for Private Investigator, topic of the game is detection work in London; we need to prove ourselves as the best Private Investigator in Town. A game comprises three mini games in which you solve a case as regards to suspect, crime and location, but you always must solve the case of your right neighbor, he holds the cards featuring details on your case. Quick detectives score higher than slower detectives for solving the case.

Tiles for suspects and crimes are distributed on the board; you draw a case of three cards and can then either place a detective marker, choose an evidence card or try to solve the case.

When you place one of your five detective markers at a location you receive information from your right neighbor: In case of correlation with one of the cards he holds the active player places one of his own colored disc on the marker; you have found one of the three facts for solving the case, but do not know if suspect, crime or location. Should there be a correlation with a tile on a location adjacent to your marker you place a cube. Those five markers can each only be used one per game, not per mini-game!

An evidence card is used to investigate one aspect only but are gaining direct confirmation. If you solve the crime first, you place your case marker in the spot for the corresponding number of points earned. After three mini games you win with most points.

A basically simple but challenging logic game in which you must take care to give exact information to the active player; if you hand out false information you score 0 points and the wrongly informed player scores 7 points!

Players: 2-5

Age: 13+

Time: 45+

Designer: Martin Wallace

Art: Steve Noon

Price: ca. 29 Euro

Publisher: Treefrog Games 2012

Web: www.treefroggames.com

Genre: Deduction game

Users: With friends

Version: multi

Rules: de en fr

In-game text: no

Comments:

Simple basic rules

Careful handling of clue giving is necessary

Only one disc or cube per tile is allowed

Compares to:

All logic games with a detective topic and information from other players

Other editions:

Currently none

Chance (pink): 0

Tactic (turquoise): 2

Strategy (blue): 0

Creativity (dark blue): 0

Knowledge (yellow): 3

Memory (orange): 0

Communication (red): 3

Interaction (brown): 2

Dexterity (green): 0

Action (dark green): 0